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NotADoc · 2735 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why some Chinese millennials are taking up the hermit’s life in the mountains
I agree with you. I think flirting with isolation is something people love to do. People love to stay at home on weekends with hot chocolate and movies, they like taking boats out to fish, or going on weekend hikes. Being alone and away is a good way to recuperate. On the other hand, I did get to experience the bad end of that. Several years ago I picked up all my stuff and moved far away from home, and all my friends and family. I got sick enough at one point that I landed myself in ER, but with no friends or family, it was a very isolated and stressful experience. I wonder how the people living their lives in those mountains deal with that kind of isolation.